Word: earle
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Army, which raised 200,000 men only 15 years ago in the war against France, is trying to recruit 55,000 to conquer the Americans, who are thought to be no match for well-trained European troops. Reflecting a general sentiment, the Earl of Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, says that the Americans are "raw, undisciplined, cowardly men." For lack of volunteers to fight what many consider a civil war, however, the government has turned abroad, first, and in vain, to Russia, then to Britain's traditional allies in northern Germany. Nearly 18,000 mercenaries were hired earlier...
...better-known teammates he provides biographical accounts, which are almost always ironic reversals of the Chip Hilton hero-makes-good stories. He traces the life of Willis Reed from cotton-picking in Mississippi to knee operations in the NBA; Jerry Lucas from Phi Beta Kappa and stardom to bankruptcy; Earl Monroe from street fighting in Philadelphia to racial harrassment in New York; and Walt Frazier from a defunct pimp father to a Rolls Royce and the clothes his father would envy. Like Bradley, they are all past their peaks: not necessarily their peaks of efficiency for a pro team...
...Margaret Earl, staff assistant for domestic affairs at the White House press office, said yesterday that in Ford's search for his science advisor, "defense-related issues are of great importance." Ford's decision to have Congress approve his nominee shows his intent to make the position a permanent part of the White House establishment, she said...
...surprising. He might retain, at least for a transitional period, a few key people in the current Administration. For example, he has a high regard for fellow Southerner David Mathews, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. But two present Cabinet members would be certain to go: Agriculture's Earl Butz and State's Henry Kissinger. He would disappoint many fervent backers who expect some patronage for their troubles. (Almost always as Governor, he reached outside the circle of his close supporters to fill important state posts...
Jonathan (Jonathan Kahn) lives in an English village near the sea with his widowed mother, Anne (Sarah Miles). When he is not watching her undress through a knothole in his bedroom wall, he spends his time with a group of boys whose leader, known as the Chief (Earl Rhodes), is intent on molding his playmates into a fine bunch of kinky cryptofascists...